Kang Daqing said respectfully: "Back to Your Highness, the Broken Leaf Palace is the former Qarluq Khan's Palace, because Madu Du calls himself the King of Broken Leaves, so the Governor's Mansion is called the Broken Leaf Palace, and ordinary people are called like this, and they are used to it,"

"Official?"

Guo Song continued to ask: "What is the official name?" ”

"The official is more obscure, but the officials all call Ma Dudu the prince, and there is no such title as the governor in Broken Leaves, at least I have never heard of it."

Guo Song nodded and asked, "Tell me about the person who asked you to send the letter, what else did he say to you?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, that man's name is Belie, when we met him, it was three days after he escaped from the silver mines in the northwest of Broken Leaves, he was festering, skinny, and had not eaten water and rice for three days, and when he saw us, he couldn't support it and fell.

Maybe it was a return to the light, he was sober for half an hour, and he told us that he stored a bamboo tube in the shop opened by a Qarluq family of Broken Leaves, which was a letter of complaint written by their big chief to His Royal Highness the King of Jin in Chang'an, because at that time, Broken Leaf City was verifying his identity from door to door, and he was worried that he would not be able to verify it, so he deposited the bamboo tube, and he really did not pass the verification, and after a few days of interrogation, he was sent directly to the silver mine. ”

"And then? You go on! ”

"Then he said that the king of Broken Leaves began to collude with the Khazars to deal with the big cannibals a few years ago, on the condition that he betrayed the interests of the Pozar tribe and gave up the traditional pastures of the Pozar tribe to the Khazars, and the Khazar cavalry began to march eastward, encroaching on the pastures of the Bozar tribe, plundering their cattle, sheep and women, they couldn't bear it anymore and killed hundreds of Khazar cavalry, and the big chief of the Pozar tribe was afraid of reprisals, so he asked him to go to the Tang Dynasty to deliver a letter, and he died after saying this."

"Since he's dead, how do you know what's going on behind the Po Bu?"

"Your Royal Highness, in fact, the people of Broken Leaf know that the villain was in Broken Leaf at that time, and many soldiers in the tavern are telling the details of how to destroy the Po Leaf, which was strangled by the joint strangulation of the Broken Leaf army and the Khazar cavalry, more than 10,000 young and strong men were killed, women and children were plundered, and only a few smaller tribes fled west and were accepted by the country of Bathhana."

"Is this an excuse for the destruction of the kingdom of Bakhana?"

"One of them! Another excuse is that the king of Bakhana colluded with the big food, the king of Broken Leaves made these two excuses, a few months ago he led the army to invade Bakhanna, and was resolutely resisted by the king of Bakhanna, but the army of Broken Leaves blew open the city gate with thunder, killed into the city of Bakhanna, and began to slaughter the city, very miserable, I heard the Sogdian merchants who escaped tell that the king and the three princes were beheaded by the king of Broken Leaves in front of the palace, and the queen rushed up and fought hard, and was rewarded by him to his own soldiers, and then there was no news, and it was estimated that he also died, Then dozens of concubines and princesses in the palace were forcibly occupied by King Broken Leaves, and the Ministry of Wealth in the palace was transported back to the Palace of Broken Leaves, which we saw with our own eyes. ”

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, on the one hand, they were deeply shocked by Ma Weijiang's brutality, and on the other hand, they heard the heavenly thunder, which should be the iron fire thunder!

Guo Song also looked at Zhang Qiu'an, Zhang Qiu'an nodded and said, "The Broken Leaf Army has fifty small iron fire mines and twenty large iron fire mines, which were replaced the year before last, and they have not been used before. ”

Kang Daqing's account ended, he was taken out of the hall by the soldiers, Zhang Qianyi was extremely angry and said: "Your Highness, whether Ma Weijiang has openly rebelled or not, he must not stay in Shaye anymore, Weichen suggested that he be recalled to Chang'an to report on his work, and then he should be held accountable for the massacre of civilians." ”

Pan Liao sighed and said: "He will definitely not return to Chang'an, if we call him back to Chang'an, he may openly rebel." ”

Liu Zi shook his head and said, "But now there is no difference between him and supporting the army and standing on his own?" ”

Du You also said: "There is still a difference, one is openly self-reliant, and the other is secretly self-reliant, but as the imperial court, we should make it clear that we will not tolerate his brutal rule over Broken Leaves, and we must officially call him back." ”

Pan Liao saw that Guo Song was silent in thought, so he asked, "What does Your Highness mean?" ”

Guo Song said slowly: "I am thinking about the eastward advance of the Khazars and the Great Cannibals, and the destruction of the Po Po tribe and the Bahanna by Ma Weijiang are all related to these two, and I think the situation west of the Green Ridge is probably much more complicated than we know." ”

Speaking of this, he said to everyone: "Maybe Ma Weijiang has his own difficulties in destroying the Po Lu Department and Ba Khan, but in any case, he did not report to Chang'an in advance, and he did not report afterwards, this is the manifestation of his lack of court, we must not indulge Ma Weijiang in this kind of unauthorized overstepping of authority, wanton behavior, my attitude is also very clear, he must be recalled to Chang'an to report on his work!" ”

.........

In the official hall, Guo Song once again met with Shi Donglai and Kang Daqing, and this time he no longer cared about Ma Weijiang's affairs.

In fact, Kang Daqing described how Ma Weijiang brutally dealt with King Bahanna, how he slaughtered the Po Lun tribesmen, etc., Guo Song didn't take it too seriously, he himself did the same thing, but Ma Weijiang was a little more ruthless than him, and his private life was inappropriate.

As the superior, Guo Song paid more attention to Ma Weijiang's encroachment, Ma Weijiang's concealment from himself, and Ma Weijiang's unauthorized expansion of the army, but now he didn't want to ask Ma Weijiang about it.

"Please come here, I want to understand the overall situation over there of Broken Leaves, to put it simply, it is the eastward expansion of the Great Eclipse and the eastward expansion of the Khazar Kingdom, let's start with the Great Eclipse!"

"I'll start with that!"

Shi Donglai said slowly: "I also participated in the Battle of Talas, when I was a civilian man recruited by the Tang Army to carry supplies, responsible for twenty camels, and in the Battle of Talas, the Tang Army was defeated, and Gao Xianzhi was forced to withdraw to Anxi.

However, the black-clothed food also suffered a heavy setback in this battle, coupled with the internal struggle for power, so the big cannibal did not continue to advance eastward after taking control of the river region, leaving a power gap in the area of Broken Leaf and Tocharo.

At that time, it was the Qarluq people who got this area, and then the Tubo people began to invade Tocharo, driving out the Qarluq forces, in order to counter the Tubo, the Qarluq introduced the Uighurs, and prompted the Uighurs and the Tubo to fight for more than ten years, and finally both were defeated and wounded, both sides were forced to retreat to their respective territories, and the Qarluqs had the last laugh, but the Qarluqs' own strength was also greatly weakened, and the vitality has not been restored, otherwise His Highness would not be so easy to defeat the Qarluqs. ”

Guo Song nodded and asked, "When will the big cannibal start to expand eastward again?" ”

Shi Donglai said with a smile: "Kang Daqing has more say than me at this point, Daqing say it!" ”

Kang Daqing bowed slightly and said: "Your Highness, please forgive the rudeness of the small people, I personally think that the statement of the eastward expansion of the big cannibal is not very accurate....."

'Ahem! Cough! ’

Shi Donglai hurriedly coughed twice, Guo Song smiled and waved his hand, "It's okay, let Kang Daqing speak freely, I will tell!" ”

"Thanks to His Highness's leniency, the Great Food has always controlled the vast territory west of Bakhana, although the king is still there, but it is more symbolic, the governor of the river and dozens of tax officials control the Sogdian countries, and of course there are many garrisons, from Kang to Shi, are under their control, for the common people, although there is no war, but pay more taxes."

"What about the country of Bakhana?" Guo Song asked.

"Your Royal Highness, the country of Palphana was not occupied by the Great Eclipse, it is a subject country of Gelulu, and it pays taxes to the Qarluq people every year, after the Gellulu was destroyed by His Royal Highness, Bakhan was liberated, neither controlled by the Great Eclipse, nor controlled by the Tang Dynasty, it is a rare independent country, if the Great Eclipse expands eastward, I guess it refers to the country of Bahanna."

"So there is a basis for Ma Weijiang to accuse Bahan of colluding with Dashi?"

"Your Highness, whether there is a basis or not, he should not have slaughtered so brutally......."

Guo Song waved his hand, "What I care about now is not how Ma Weijiang is, what I care about is the big food, and the big food is not involved in the sweat?" ”

Kang Daqing was helpless, so he had to answer according to Guo Song's train of thought, "The problem is that Gelulu perished, the Tang army reoccupied Broken Leaves, and the big cannibals will not be indifferent, they are indeed courting Bakhana, I heard that among the ten princesses of King Bakhana, three are from Dashi, a few years ago, there was a news that spread widely, saying that Bahanna's caravans can be tax-free, so many caravans went to Bakhana to register, and I also ran." ”

"Is it tax-free?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

Kang Daqing shook his head, "King Bakhana's private caravan is indeed tax-free, it has a tax-free certificate issued by Dashi, and other caravans cannot be tax-free. ”

"Other than that, doesn't the big food have any other actions?"

"Maybe there are other things, such as rumors that King Bahana and Da Shi signed a secret agreement or something, whether it's true or not, I don't know."

Guo Song nodded, "Then let's talk about the Khazar Kingdom." ”

"Your Highness, the Khazar country is also in the west of the Khorezm country, it is also a big country, many Sogdians have been to the Khazar country, and they can sell the silk and porcelain of the East to the Byzantine Empire through the Khazar country, which is more profitable, and I have also been in contact with many Khazar merchants, who have a strong homeland complex to the east, and they are actually the Gezar people in the Tiele people who moved westward.

On the other hand, after bordering the Tang Dynasty, they could obtain greater commercial benefits, because of the existence of the Qarluqs, they had no chance to expand eastward, and after the Qarluqs were destroyed, the Khazars began to expand from the north to the direction of Yibohai, but the Bharsa was the biggest obstacle to their eastward expansion, and the Bharugs also strongly resisted their eastward expansion, and the war with the Bhara tribe was inevitable. ”

Guo Song took a few steps and said, "Earlier you mentioned that Ma Weijiang introduced the Khazars to fight against the Great Cannibals, is there a deep hatred between the two?" ”

"They have different religious beliefs, the Khazar country believes in Judaism, but I think the main thing is a conflict of commercial interests, they all want to earn money from the Byzantine Empire, once the Khazar country expands eastward, the commercial interests of the Great Food Dynasty will be seriously damaged."